I recently needed to enable this feature for geo-targeted web project I’m working on. More about that project soon! Throw the code below into your functions.php file to enable shortcodes in your widgets.

add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

Hit me in the comment section or via twitter if you run into issues. Cheers!

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A graduate of Purdue University, Ben is a former entrepreneur with over seven years of Internet Marketing and Web Development experience. As a web developer, designer, and project manager, Ben organized content, custom designs, developed code and executed Internet Marketing strategies.